Ezekiel 5:9
in Ezekiel 5Because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
KJV
And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
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This verse in Ezekiel 5
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Compare Mat 24:21. The calamities of the Babylonian were surpassed by the Roman siege, and these again were but a foreshadowing of still more terrible destruction at the last day.
This site's exposition
I Myself am against you
on Ezekiel 5:8-10
The Lord says, “Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem.” In the siege “fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers.” Clarke ties this to the covenant curses of Leviticus 26:29 and Deuteronomy 28:53, and Lamentations 4:10 records women who cooked their own children.
This site's exposition
Because of all your abominations
The Lord will do to Jerusalem what He has never done before and will not do again. It comes because of all her abominations. Albert Barnes compares Matthew 24:21 and sees the Roman siege pass even the Babylonian one.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Vers. 8, 9.) Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have surpassed the nations that are around you, and have not walked in my commandments, and have not kept my judgments, and have not acted according to the judgments of the nations that are around you, therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, and I myself will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations. And I will do in you what I have not done, and the like of which I will not do again, because of all your abominations.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Commentary on Chapter V 1. Take - Thus foretel the mourning, reproach, and deformity that are coming, for all this is signified by shaving the head and beard. A third part - Described on the tile, chap. iv, 1, a type of what should be done in Jerusalem.
): "I will do in thee that which I have not done in thee before, though thou hast long since deserved it; nay, that which I have not done in any other city." This punishment of Jerusalem is said to be greater than that of Sodom ( Lam. iv.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
As God connected Himself peculiarly with Israel, so there was to be a peculiar manifestation of God's wrath against sin in their case [FAIRBAIRN]. The higher the privileges the greater the punishment in the case of abuse of them. When God's greatest favor, the gospel, was given, and was abused by them, then "the wrath was to come on them to the uttermost" (1Th 2:16).
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
I will do in thee that which I have not done - The destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar was one of the greatest calamities that ever fell on any nation or place before; and that by the Romans under Titus exceeded all that has taken place since. These two sackages of that city have no parallel in the history of mankind.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעָשִׂ֣יתִי | veasiti | and I will bring about | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בָ֗ךְ | vakh | in you | ||
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| עָשִׂ֔יתִי | ʾasiti | I have brought about | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| וְאֵ֛ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶֽׁר־ | ʾasher- | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה | ʾeeseh | I will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כָמֹ֖הוּ | khamohu | like it | H3644 → | |
| ע֑וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| יַ֖עַן | yaan | because of | H3282 → | 99 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ׃ ס | toavotayikh | abominations your | H8441 → | 117 times |
וְעָשִׂ֣יתִיand I will bring about
veasitiH6213 →2628 times
בָ֗ךְin you
vakh
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁ֣ר[that] which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
עָשִׂ֔יתִיI have brought about
ʾasitiH6213 →2628 times
וְאֵ֛תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶֽׁר־[that] which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
אֶעֱשֶׂ֥הI will do
ʾeesehH6213 →2628 times
כָמֹ֖הוּlike it
khamohuH3644 →
ע֑וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
יַ֖עַןbecause of
yaanH3282 →99 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ׃ סabominations your
toavotayikhH8441 →117 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 24:21For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.
it leads to
- Daniel 12:1
“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning…
- Joel 2:2
a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be…
- Malachi 4:1
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of…
- Daniel 12:1
Through
Amos 3:2“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…
- Exodus 19:5–6
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Deuteronomy 10:15
Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
- 1 Peter 4:17
For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
- Zechariah 14:17–18
And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.
- Deuteronomy 7:6
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.